James Cloyd Downs

James Cloyd Downs ( November 6, 1885 - December 18, 1957)[1] [2][3] was an American Electrical Engineer who designed the Downs cell, the most common method of manufacture of sodium metal.[4][5]

  1. ^ "J. Cloyd Downs". www.ancestry.com. Retrieved November 4, 2024.
  2. ^ "Historic Saranac Lake - J. Cloyd Downs". Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Obituaries". Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter. 172: 51. December 21, 1957. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  4. ^ Hardie, D W F (1959). Electrolytic manufacture of chemicals from salt. London: Oxford University Press. p. 2. Practically all sodium cells are now of the Downs type.
  5. ^ Gale Encyclopedia Of Science. Vol. 7 (5 ed.). 2014. p. 4014.